Viable Schistosoma mansoni infection 41 years after last exposure-a case report of a loyal parasite

Author(s):
Staehelin, C.; Eichenberger, A.; Mookhoek, A.; Hoepner, R.; Münger, C.; Sidler, N.; Wammes, L.J.; Nickel, B.; Concu, M.; Neumayr, A.; Oberli, A.
Published
2025
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

Highlight: Schistosoma species may show extraordinary longevity, despite not replicating in human hosts. We present a case of active Schistosoma mansoni infection in a Swiss patient 41 years after her one and only possible exposure (swimming in Lake Kivu, Rwanda).

Schistosoma mansonichronic intestinal schistosomiasischronic hepato-splenic schistosomiasislongevitytraveller
Date issued
2025-11-14
Language
English
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
Is part of
Journal of Travel Medicine (2025), No. 8
hdl
1887/4289317
doi
10.1093/jtm/taaf103